WHO launches new guide on integrating eye care in health systems

A new WHO guide on eye care was recently launched at the event - Universal Health Coverage and Eye Care: Promoting Country Action - attended by government officials, WHO representatives and non-governmental organisations in the eye care sector. The Eye Care in Health Systems: Guide for Action provides practical, stepby-step, guidance to support Member States in planning and implementing the recommendations of the world report on vision with the goal to provide integrated people-centred eye care services. This new resource leads Member States through a four-step process: situation analysis; development of an eye care strategic plan and monitoring framework; development and implementation of an operational plan; and establishing and maintaining ongoing review processes. Currently, more than 2 billion people are living with a vision impairment and of these, at least 1 billion people are needlessly living with poor vision due to lack of access to eye care services.